Improvement in portable fences



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. A

e. c. WRIGHT, on WESTFIELD, omo.y

IMPROVEMENT IN PORTABLE FENCES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 59,l14, dated October33, 1866.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, Gr. O. WRIGHT, of Westfield, in the county of Medinaand State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in PortableFences; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full andcomplete description of the construction and operation of the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of thisspecification.

Figure l is a side view. Fig. 2 is a top view, and Fig. 3 an end view orcross-section.

Like letters refer to like parts.

In the construction of this fence I use no posts or nails. The panelsare composed of three, four, or more boards, A, secured together bybattens B at the ends and middle. The boards and battens are bored to auniform gage, as regards distance, so that any board or any hatten williit any place.

Pins a are prepared by sawing off straight rift-wood of the properlength-say, about three inchesand splitting it into square cylinders,the corners of which can be removed with a knife. The holes and pinsshould be about three-fourths of an inch in diameter.

C represents a block or ground-support. It may be :made of wood,pottery, iron, or stone. The upper side is notched of a proper width toreceive the thickness of two boards and two battens-say, three inches.This is placed at the intersection of the panels, as shown in theseveral figures.

D represents a stake of timber, about an inch and a half square, whichinterlocks between the upper and second rails upon alternate sides ofthe fence, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the lower end being sharpened uponthe outside and driven into the ground, as seen in Fig. 3. This methodof sharpening upon the outside only causes the stake, when driven intothe ground, to press firmly upon the lower edge of the top rail and theupper side of the second rail upon the opposite side, thus giving thefence a lateral support in both directions; and by placing these stakesupon opposite sides, in alternation, this support is increased. s

In putting up the fence a number of panels are pinned together Iiat uponthe ground and raised to a vertical position and placed upon the blocksC. The stakes are then driven, as above described, and the fence broughtinto the desired position. In going over uneven ground but one pin needbe used at the joining of the panels. 1n changing the fence to adifferent locality it is only necessary to uncouple the panelssufficiently for that purpose.

What I claim as my improvement, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,isV

The herein-described construction'ofa felice, consisting of the boardsA, battens B, blocks @,gpraces D, and pins a, substantially as specilieG. G. WRIGHT.

Witnesses:

W. H. BURRIDGE, FRANK ALDEN.

